benjamin netanyahu openly rejects american plans for postwar gaza. cnn has learned that donald trump contacted a former mar-a-lago employee who witnessed his alleged mishandling of classified documents, repeatedly calling him in the months before trump s criminal indictment. we re going to get reaction to cnn s exclusive new reporting from legendary journalist bob woodward and carl bernstein. . welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news tonight. president biden and president zelenskyy trying to present a united front here in washington as aid for ukraine right now hangs in the balance. our correspondents are standing by over at the white house, up on capitol hill, and in ukraine and in russia. first, cnn s senior white house correspondent, m.j. lee. what stood out to you from what we just heard from presidents biden and zelenskyy?
witnesses in the doj election case, but he is free to attack the special counsel. and israeli raises its flag in gaza city, a highly provocative move. the united states stand alone in vetoing a resolution calls for a ceasefire. plus, grim, that s how one pollster describes his latest findings. young voters, black voters, lgbtq voters all currently giving higher grades to trump than biden. what s going on? i ll ask him. i m john king in for erin burnett. trump silenced, a d.c. court of appeals upholding most of a gag order in the federal 2020 election case. the three judges say trump can no longer target witnesses or single out individuals related to the court proproceedings, writing, some of trump s statements pose a significant and imminent threat to the fair adjudication of the criminal proceeding. trump has repeatedly gone after potential witnesses, calling mike pence delusional, mocking bill barr as slow-thinking and lethargic and he tore into mark meadows, writing,
out front next, trump s courtroom campaign. the former president lashing out as he appeared at his fraud trial in new york. now he s preparing to take the stand in his own defense. former trump white house counsel ty cobb is out front tonight. federal prosecutors have filed a new case against hunter biden. details ahead. kamala harris s husband doug emhoff lashing out about anti-semitism and genocide. al franken is out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. trump s court campaign. the former president was in new york to attend his new york fraud trial today. he s been at that one a lot. once again seizing the opportunity to make this about the election. this is a political witchhunt. this is meant to influence an election. this is third world country stuff. this is banana republic stuff. i should be in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. i should be city shouldn t be sitting in a courthouse. it s all a distraction even though he did choose to skip another deb
trump s gag order is mostly upheld in the federal election subversion case. an appeals court admonishing the former president while giving him a green light to attack the special counsel, jack smith. also tonight, the new criminal indictment of hunter biden and the legal and political fall-out. the president s son accused of spending millions on a lavish lifestyle instead of paying his taxes. and the michigan gunman who killed four classmates at a school back in 2021 is now sentenced to life in prison without parole. the teenager hearing emotional statements from the victims families and then telling the court, and i m quoting him now, i am a really bad person. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, donald trump gagged again. an appeals court agreeing the former president of the united states should be barred from public statements about witnesses and other key
fraud trial in new york after hearing a key defense witness try and poke holes in the case against him. also tonight, so trump s gop rivals hit the campaign trail in iowa and new hampshire after their fourth debate without him. nikki haley s response to being the top target. smoke in the air over gaza and fierce fighting on the ground. israeli forces intensifying in their hunt for top leaders of hamas, two full months after the brutal attack on israel that launched the war. you are in the situation room. we begin this hour with donald trump s returned to his high-stakes new york civil fraud trial. the former president spending a full day in the courtroom as an accounting expert testified for the defense. paula, how is making their case here? there s so much on the line for the former president, this case strikes at the heart of his identity as a businessman and threatens his ability to even do business in the state of new york. the judge has already found him for de